Events
Mangaharakeke Paa Waananga
People, Cities & Nature is a research programme based at the University of Waikato and focused on restoring indigenous ecosystems in New Zealand cities. We are hosting a series of wānanga to facilitate contributors and participants to share, explore, co-create and co-develop Ngaati Wairere mātauranga related to the forest, special places, kai, rongoa, wai and kaitiakitanga. The whakāro from these wānanga will be used to enrich urban ecological restoration practices and ensure that mātauranga is embedded across all aspects of restoration.
The Mangaharakeke Pā wānanga is the third in our wānanga series and highlights two key themes – the success of restoration projects when iwi partner with commercial entities for cultural and ecological restoration outcomes; and the mātauranga of soils at a site of importance to local iwi.
Please register here: https://forms.office.com/r/VSDUHZfaBE
O Tātou Ngāhere Conference: Regenerating our landscapes with native forest
Tāne’s Tree Trust has partnered with Pure Advantage to produce a two-day conference at Te Papa Tongarewa on 27-28 October 2022. The group’s aim is to highlight the need for Aotearoa to complement its existing productive land uses by weaving more native forest back into our working lands. Research shows that this will result in a myriad of benefits, which include (but are not limited to) biodiversity enhancement, erosion control, water quality, carbon sequestration, adaptation to climate change, cultural values, and high-value timber and non-timber forest products.
You can get tickets and find out more about the programme and speakers here on the conference website - www.otatoungahereconference.org.nz
Ngā Pou Tuata ō Kirikiriroa wānanga
Ngā Pou Tuata ō Kirikiriroa is a series of four wānanga designed to connect you more strongly to your whenua. The wāananga will be held across a calendar year in spring, summer, autumn and winter.
You’ll learn about the history of special places in Kirikiriroa/Hamilton and what they mean to Ngāti Wairere. You’ll develop your carving skills by working with others to make a waka kereru (a traditional bird trap). You’ll explore why some rākau (trees) become rangatira (leaders) in the forest.
By learning more about the whenua, you’ll learn new things about yourself.
We welcome Māori and Pakehā. We’d like to especially welcome rangatahi (young people) from Ngāti Wairere hapū.